Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 80 63
Rank change year-on-year -44 -17 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,405 1,534 3,663
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.56% 3.62% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 3.90% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 968 1,063 2,763
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,700 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -16.13%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,118 39,358 81,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.74% 92.84% 85.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41,692 22,603 59,642
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,344 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -38 1,277 £77,500 +3.33% 493
London +3 686 £87,500 +2.94% 232
Work from Home -17 610 £70,000 -2.77% 345
UK excluding London -103 598 £67,500 -3.57% 342
North of England -28 281 £69,310 -3.72% 93
North West -29 136 £70,000 -3.45% 59
South East -116 126 £72,500 +7.41% 119
Yorkshire -49 97 £69,310 -4.40% 16
South West -88 57 £58,750 -14.26% 38
Midlands -68 56 £67,500 +3.85% 36
North East +2 48 £65,000 +30.00% 18
East of England -19 40 £60,100 +4.52% 28
West Midlands -42 35 £72,500 +3.57% 18
Scotland -77 31 £60,000 -20.00% 10
East Midlands -62 20 £67,000 +5.10% 18
Wales -32 9 £53,171 -20.64% 8
Northern Ireland -39 7 £62,500 +13.64% 12
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 28 (1.99%) Apache Spark
2 18 (1.28%) Confluence
3 16 (1.14%) Apache
4 15 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (1.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 14 (1.00%) IIS
6 13 (0.93%) JBoss
6 13 (0.93%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.64%) CMS
8 8 (0.57%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
10 4 (0.28%) Appian
10 4 (0.28%) Camunda
10 4 (0.28%) GeoServer
11 3 (0.21%) Liferay
11 3 (0.21%) nginx
11 3 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (0.93%) MS Visio
2 11 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.50%) Maya
4 6 (0.43%) PlantUML
5 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.14%) Endur
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.071%) Actimize
6 1 (0.071%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.071%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.071%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.071%) Quorum
6 1 (0.071%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.071%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.071%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.071%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 761 (54.16%) AWS
2 586 (41.71%) Azure
3 300 (21.35%) GCP
4 241 (17.15%) Serverless
5 150 (10.68%) SaaS
6 122 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
7 120 (8.54%) AWS Lambda
8 117 (8.33%) GitHub
9 107 (7.62%) Amazon S3
10 84 (5.98%) Amazon EKS
11 81 (5.77%) AWS CloudFormation
12 73 (5.20%) Amazon SQS
13 67 (4.77%) Amazon ECS
14 58 (4.13%) Amazon EC2
15 56 (3.99%) Azure Service Bus
16 55 (3.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 47 (3.35%) OpenShift
18 44 (3.13%) Datadog
18 44 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
19 43 (3.06%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.70%) Broadband
2 14 (1.00%) Network Security
3 13 (0.93%) HTTP
4 9 (0.64%) DNS
5 7 (0.50%) AMQP
5 7 (0.50%) Firewall
5 7 (0.50%) Internet
5 7 (0.50%) VPN
6 6 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.36%) DHCP
7 5 (0.36%) MQTT
7 5 (0.36%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.28%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.28%) LTE
8 4 (0.28%) SNMP
8 4 (0.28%) WAN
9 3 (0.21%) Modbus
10 2 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
10 2 (0.14%) RFID
10 2 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (13.59%) NoSQL
2 179 (12.74%) PostgreSQL
3 138 (9.82%) MongoDB
4 101 (7.19%) SQL Server
5 70 (4.98%) MySQL
6 65 (4.63%) DynamoDB
7 61 (4.34%) Relational Database
8 48 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
9 40 (2.85%) Amazon RDS
10 36 (2.56%) BigQuery
10 36 (2.56%) Redis
11 27 (1.92%) Big Data
12 21 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
12 21 (1.49%) RDBMS
13 16 (1.14%) Pinecone
14 14 (1.00%) Power BI
15 12 (0.85%) DB2
16 11 (0.78%) Data Lake
17 9 (0.64%) Tableau
18 7 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 186 (13.24%) Git
2 128 (9.11%) Jenkins
3 118 (8.40%) GitLab
4 51 (3.63%) JIRA
5 50 (3.56%) TeamCity
6 40 (2.85%) Cucumber
7 35 (2.49%) JUnit
8 32 (2.28%) CircleCI
9 31 (2.21%) Cypress.io
10 27 (1.92%) Selenium
11 20 (1.42%) Bitbucket
12 19 (1.35%) Mockito
13 18 (1.28%) Maven
14 17 (1.21%) Vite
15 15 (1.07%) Claude Code
16 14 (1.00%) SonarQube
17 8 (0.57%) JMeter
17 8 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
17 8 (0.57%) Postman
17 8 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 410 (29.18%) Finance
2 334 (23.77%) Social Skills
3 155 (11.03%) Banking
4 110 (7.83%) Public Sector
5 95 (6.76%) Law
6 90 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
7 69 (4.91%) Retail
8 68 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 51 (3.63%) Telecoms
10 47 (3.35%) Financial Institution
11 38 (2.70%) Back Office
12 22 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.42%) Advertising
14 19 (1.35%) Legal
15 18 (1.28%) Billing
16 15 (1.07%) Marketing
17 13 (0.93%) Front Office
17 13 (0.93%) Games
18 11 (0.78%) Aerospace
18 11 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 473 (33.67%) Developer
2 385 (27.40%) Senior
3 272 (19.36%) Software Engineer
4 211 (15.02%) Architect
5 185 (13.17%) Lead
6 121 (8.61%) Senior Developer
7 116 (8.26%) Full-Stack Developer
8 109 (7.76%) Java Developer
9 96 (6.83%) Java Engineer
10 93 (6.62%) Senior Software Engineer
11 89 (6.33%) Solutions Architect
12 70 (4.98%) .NET Developer
13 57 (4.06%) Software Developer
14 55 (3.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 54 (3.84%) Lead Developer
16 53 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
17 43 (3.06%) C# Developer
17 43 (3.06%) Java Software Engineer
17 43 (3.06%) Principal Engineer
18 40 (2.85%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 316 (22.49%) React
2 286 (20.36%) .NET
3 282 (20.07%) RESTful
4 233 (16.58%) Node.js
5 216 (15.37%) Spring
6 212 (15.09%) REST
7 195 (13.88%) Spring Boot
8 174 (12.38%) Kafka
9 109 (7.76%) AngularJS
10 92 (6.55%) gRPC
11 82 (5.84%) .NET Core
12 78 (5.55%) HTML
13 70 (4.98%) CSS
14 66 (4.70%) RabbitMQ
15 64 (4.56%) Vue
16 61 (4.34%) .NET Framework
17 57 (4.06%) ASP.NET
18 56 (3.99%) OAuth
19 53 (3.77%) Django
19 53 (3.77%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 406 (28.90%) Cloud Native
2 250 (17.79%) Distributed Systems
3 104 (7.40%) Product Ownership
4 90 (6.41%) Enterprise Software
5 61 (4.34%) Greenfield Project
6 58 (4.13%) Legacy Systems
7 45 (3.20%) Over-the-Top Content
7 45 (3.20%) Video\Live Streaming
8 40 (2.85%) Algorithms
9 39 (2.78%) Data Structures
10 29 (2.06%) Distributed Architecture
11 26 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
12 25 (1.78%) Blockchain
12 25 (1.78%) Mobile App
13 24 (1.71%) AI Agents
14 21 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
14 21 (1.49%) Virtual Team
15 18 (1.28%) Public Cloud
16 16 (1.14%) Management Information System
16 16 (1.14%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 71 (5.05%) Linux
2 41 (2.92%) Windows
3 20 (1.42%) Unix
4 16 (1.14%) Android
5 7 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.36%) CentOS
6 5 (0.36%) Debian
6 5 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.21%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.071%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 694 (49.40%) CI/CD
2 556 (39.57%) Agile
3 544 (38.72%) DevOps
4 521 (37.08%) Software Engineering
5 392 (27.90%) Containerisation
6 318 (22.63%) Full-Stack Development
7 310 (22.06%) Mentoring
8 293 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
9 286 (20.36%) Event-Driven
10 281 (20.00%) Test Automation
11 277 (19.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 262 (18.65%) AI
13 231 (16.44%) Infrastructure as Code
14 185 (13.17%) Computer Science
15 171 (12.17%) Scrum
16 169 (12.03%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 158 (11.25%) Coaching
18 157 (11.17%) Technical Leadership
19 156 (11.10%) Clean Code
20 151 (10.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 452 (32.17%) Java
2 395 (28.11%) Python
3 290 (20.64%) SQL
4 263 (18.72%) JavaScript
5 250 (17.79%) C#
6 220 (15.66%) TypeScript
7 137 (9.75%) Go
8 51 (3.63%) Scala
9 44 (3.13%) PHP
10 43 (3.06%) C++
11 37 (2.63%) Bash
12 34 (2.42%) C
13 30 (2.14%) Ruby
14 22 (1.57%) PL/SQL
15 20 (1.42%) Kotlin
16 17 (1.21%) PowerShell
17 16 (1.14%) Shell Script
18 15 (1.07%) Rust
19 10 (0.71%) Groovy
20 9 (0.64%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 194 (13.81%) Degree
2 138 (9.82%) Security Cleared
3 112 (7.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 89 (6.33%) SC Cleared
5 58 (4.13%) AWS Certification
6 33 (2.35%) Azure Certification
7 32 (2.28%) Master's Degree
8 29 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 26 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
10 24 (1.71%) CISSP
11 22 (1.57%) DV Cleared
11 22 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (1.00%) AWS Certified Developer
13 13 (0.93%) DBS Check
14 12 (0.85%) CISM
15 8 (0.57%) PhD
16 7 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
17 6 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
17 6 (0.43%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (6.55%) QA
2 31 (2.21%) GDPR
3 29 (2.06%) Accessibility
4 26 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.85%) PCI DSS
5 22 (1.57%) NIST
6 16 (1.14%) SOC 2
7 11 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.71%) NCSC
9 9 (0.64%) GRC
10 7 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.43%) IFRS
12 5 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.36%) WCAG
13 4 (0.28%) SLA
14 3 (0.21%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.21%) SEPA
15 1 (0.071%) EMIR
System Software
1 426 (30.32%) Docker
2 14 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.36%) Firmware
4 1 (0.071%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 444 (31.60%) Kubernetes
2 262 (18.65%) Terraform
3 83 (5.91%) Grafana
4 78 (5.55%) Ansible
5 41 (2.92%) Prometheus
6 30 (2.14%) Argo
7 19 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (1.28%) Kibana
9 9 (0.64%) HP Fortify
10 7 (0.50%) Cilium
11 6 (0.43%) Puppet
12 4 (0.28%) Istio
12 4 (0.28%) Packer
12 4 (0.28%) Rancher
13 3 (0.21%) Nagios
14 2 (0.14%) MIIS
14 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 127 (9.04%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.70%) Google
3 52 (3.70%) Oracle
4 45 (3.20%) Typelevel
5 24 (1.71%) OpenAI
6 15 (1.07%) Dynatrace
6 15 (1.07%) IBM
6 15 (1.07%) Red Hat
7 13 (0.93%) AppDynamics
7 13 (0.93%) SAP
8 12 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
8 12 (0.85%) Salesforce
9 10 (0.71%) Cisco
9 10 (0.71%) Databricks
10 9 (0.64%) Atlassian
10 9 (0.64%) Splunk
11 7 (0.50%) Palo Alto
11 7 (0.50%) Software AG
12 6 (0.43%) Adobe
12 6 (0.43%) Juniper